The attaché of the Ministry of War behind him handed over Shang Fang's sword in time. Cui Chengxiu raised the sword high and shouted: "Here is Shang Fang's sword. This department works openly and aboveboard and never kills anyone indiscriminately. Now we will read out Yuan Chonghuan's five major crimes in public."
An official from the Ministry of War stood up and read aloud Yuan Chonghuan's crime of execution with the case file he had already written in his hand:
1: To deceive the emperor and make false reports of military exploits.
Two: He is greedy for money and pays millions of dollars.
Three: The battle is unfavorable, and the land in Luzhong is gained and lost again.
Four: Indiscriminate punishment of soldiers.
Five: There is no superior official and no respect for etiquette.
After reciting, Cui Chengxiu immediately held Shang Fang's sword and bowed towards the capital to ask for his orders, shouting loudly: "Bind Yuan Chonghuan and take off his clothes!"
These five articles were completely fabricated. The generals below were stunned when they heard that Cui Shangshu, who was so amiable just now, changed his face so quickly and came up with such ridiculous reasons to kill Marshal Yuan.
Yuan Chonghuan was furious and refused to surrender. He pointed at Cui Chengxiu and cursed: "How dare you frame me. Yuan is worthy of the imperial court and worthy of the soldiers of the three armies. I have a clear conscience! Do you have any evidence that I am greedy for military pay?"
Cui Chengxiu shouted: "You dare to speak harshly when you are about to die. Of course, our headquarters has solid evidence. I just want to show it to the generals after I behead you." Then he faced the audience and said sincerely: "Generals of the Xuzhou Army, you
You have all heard and seen that Yuan Chonghuan is so sinful. Do you think he should be killed or not? If I kill Yuan Chonghuan, you can kill me." After that, he made a gesture to kill Yuan Chonghuan.
The generals looked at each other and were at a loss, but when three model soldiers from the Ministry of War Yamen came to tie up Yuan Chonghuan, someone finally couldn't hold it anymore. Zu Dashou shouted: "Marshal Yuan is wronged, his old man's uniform is full of patches."
, how could you be greedy for military pay! We don’t accept it!”
Man Gui also shouted: "Our dynasty has an ancestral system, and the disposition of officials above the third rank must be reported to the court for review. How can Mr. Cui kill Yuan Shuai on the spot?"
Cui Chengxiu's face turned cold. These Qiu Ba gang actually knew something about ancestral systems. He couldn't argue with them now. He handed Shang Fang's sword to his soldiers and ordered Yuan Chonghuan to be beheaded immediately in front of the Yin'an Palace.
Zu Dashou was anxious, and stood up suddenly to rush over, but when he stood up, he felt weak all over, and the soles of his feet were numb, as if he had stepped on cotton. Why was the alcohol so strong? He reached out to draw his sword, but he didn't even have the strength to draw it.
No more, no good! The wine was poisonous. The other generals who tried to save Yuan Chonghuan also collapsed on the ground, but they were still conscious.
Fortunately, the wine given to them was laced with Ten Muscles and Cartilage Powder, which did not harm their lives but also caused them to lose their resistance. These people could only watch obediently as their commander beheaded them. Once Yuan died, they had only two ways to go.
Either surrender to yourself, or follow Yuan Chonghuan to hell. Cui Chengxiu thought proudly.
Yuan Chonghuan also drank the poisonous wine and was tied up weakly. His black gauze hat was taken off and his big red robe was also taken off. Two pacesetters pressed his shoulders. The pacesetter with the sword slowly pulled out Shang Fang's sword and took it.
On the table, a bowl of wine was poured over the sword, which looked like a pool of autumn water.
"Marshal Yuan, this sword is very sharp. I'll give you a good blow," the soldier said with a cold face. Yuan Chonghuan snorted and said to Cui Chengxiu: "You and I have personal enmity, so why bother to kill me today? It doesn't matter if I die, Xuzhou
How to deal with the Tatars when the three armies are unstable? If you take revenge on the public and take private revenge, you will cause endless harm!"
Cui Chengxiu was unmoved, stroking his beard and looking coldly outside. The lime and brocade boxes were ready, waiting for Yuan Chonghuan's head to be cut off and sent to the Qing army camp. Dorgon would naturally withdraw his troops by then.
There will be no crisis situation at all.
The generals below were extremely angry, but they had no ability to resist. They all opened their eyes angrily and cursed Cui Chengxiu.
Only the wine on the tables in Shanting Town was normal. Mao Wenlong did not expect such a major change and was at a loss as to what to do.
After washing Shang Fang's sword, the pacesetter made a gesture with the sword on Yuan Chonghuan's neck, then raised it high and was about to chop it down hard. Seeing that the commander's head was about to fall to the ground, everyone closed their eyes unbearably.
Suddenly there was a sharp sound piercing the air, and then the crisp sound of the sword falling on the golden brick ground. Everyone opened their eyes and saw that the pacesetter holding the sword had a strange three-edged blade stuck in his chest, and blood flowed from the three edges of the blade.
The mouth spurted out wildly.
The flying knife was thrown from the farthest table. The people sitting on that table were all Qianhu from Dongdaying and Liu Ziguang from the iron factory. There was no doubt that this knife belonged to Liu Ziguang.
, because he was already running over the table to get his knife.
When Cui Chengxiu saw this, he shouted: "Behead Yuan Chonghuan quickly!" The most important thing now is to cut off Yuan Chonghuan's head. As for the others, no matter how fierce they are, they can't make much splash. The pacesetter pressing Yuan Chonghuan's shoulder heard Cui Chengxiu's shouting.
After reacting, he quickly rolled on the spot and picked up Shang Fang's sword that fell on the ground. He didn't care about his posture and slashed directly at Yuan Chonghuan's neck.
But Liu Ziguang's other flying knife was faster than him. This was the sharp thin blade. The flying knife penetrated directly into the temple of the pacesetter. He immediately fell to the ground and died without even making a sound.
Liu Ziguang stepped on the rich Shandong cuisine, splashing soup and water everywhere. He rushed to Yuan Chonghuan's side in the eyes of everyone full of expectation. The Baihong knife was already in his hand. With one strike, the rope on Yuan Chonghuan's body was broken. He was the last pacesetter.
I was so frightened that I just stood there and stared at him without even trying to escape.
The other Wu Sangui, who had not drunk the poisonous wine, ran out of the Yin'an Hall in a hurry. The guard at the door waved his sword to stop him, but he kicked him away several times. When he came out of the hall, he first took out the pocket six-barrelled spring gun that Liu Ziguang had just given him.
Three shots were fired into the sky, and the specially processed arrows sent out sharp whistles into the evening sky. This was a signal to call for support from the death battalion.
After sending out the signal bomb, Wu Sangui shouted loudly: "Where are the guards! Save Marshal Yuan quickly!" Each of the Xuzhou army generals attending the banquet brought a few soldiers, totaling two to three hundred people, definitely a force.
Elite soldiers, they are all arranged to eat in the east and west side halls, and they should come out immediately when they are greeted.
Sure enough, with the shouts, a large number of soldiers poured out from the east and west side halls, each with a helmet on his head, a sword and a shield in his hand, and there were blood stains on each of his swords. They were the model battalion and personal troops of Cui Chengxiu and Miao Kejian, generals.
Their soldiers must have been slaughtered by them.
Wu Sangui quickly drew out his saber and returned to Yin'an Hall. There was already a fierce fight in the hall. Cui Chengxiu threw a cup as a signal, and two hundred ax hands came out from behind the hall and attacked Liu Ziguang. Liu Ziguang protected Yuan Chonghuan behind him and danced with a white rainbow knife.
It was airtight and the swordsmen could not get close at all. Wu Sangui hurried over to help. He took Yuan Chonghuan over to protect him so that Liu Ziguang could free his hands to fight.
Liu Ziguang, who had no worries anymore, started to attack and went straight towards Cui Chengxiu. The swordsman in front of him could not even pass a round before being chopped down. There was not even a trace of blood on the Baihong sword. Cui Chengxiu was horrified and turned around and ran away.
As he walked, he shouted: "Mr. Fan, help me."
Cui Chengxiu didn't expect that there would be someone who didn't drink the royal wine, and he didn't expect that Liu Ziguang was so ferocious. The two hundred axe-hands were like clay sculptures in front of him. The only ones who could deal with him now were Fan Wencheng's secret masters.
Fan Wencheng had been hiding behind to observe the development of the situation. He just missed killing Yuan Chonghuan, but he fell short! He, who had always been elegant and elegant, also became angry and instructed Song Qingfeng to take action: "Be sure to kill the man in red!
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Fan Wencheng didn't need to tell Song Qingfeng to do this. Liu Ziguang had brought him too much pain. His career, love, and dignity were all destroyed in the hands of this devil-like guy. Ever since he narrowly escaped from the battlefield of Liguo, Song Qingfeng only had to do it every day.
He slept for an hour and practiced swordsmanship hard just to kill this enemy. Every time he saw the huge, ugly scar on his chest, he wanted to eat Liu Ziguang alive.
Now the opportunity finally came, Song Qingfeng's furious eyes bulged, and he swung his sword past Cui Chengxiu who was running hastily and rushed towards Liu Ziguang: "Look who I am!" The roar and sword edge reached Liu Ziguang's chest together.
"You are a bird feather!" Liu Ziguang knocked Song Qingfeng's sword away with one strike. "Son, I didn't hack you to death last time. Why don't you hide yourself honestly and go to grandpa to die?"
The gap, the huge gap, this huge difference cannot be made up by months of hard training and deep-seated hatred. Liu Ziguang is no longer the Liu Ziguang he used to be. Song Qingfeng is no longer the Song Qingfeng he used to be. He has a confident mind and a strong body.
The coordination of various organs and limbs has improved to a new level. One is that he doesn't get enough sleep every day and his eyes are red with hatred. It's strange to be undefeated.
Song Qingfeng dropped his sword and rushed towards him with his bare hands unwillingly. Liu Ziguang kicked him in the middle of the abdomen and knocked him to the ground. Song Qingfeng did not feel any pain at all, but roared even more crazily. When he got up, he already had more in his hands.
A steel knife dropped by the pacesetter, he swooped over again. Liu Ziguang watched Cui Chengxiu run away, and he was furious. He slashed out the Baihong knife and circled around Song Qingfeng's right arm holding the knife.
The knife was removed from his arm. Song Qingfeng endured the severe pain and used his left hand to pick up the fallen right arm. Liu Ziguang hit him hard on the back of the head with the handle of the knife, "Lie down!"
Song Qingfeng fainted immediately, and Liu Ziguang continued to track Cui Chengxiu. The Yin'an Palace was surrounded by pacesetters. A thousand people and horses came from all directions, surrounding the hall. Their mission was to capture alive the poisoned officers who had lost the ability to resist.
, if someone is not poisoned, he will be killed without mercy.
There was a slight glitch in the arrangement. Originally, Cui Chengxiu was planning to carry out differentiation and win-win activities after killing Yuan Chonghuan. Unexpectedly, he was interrupted by Liu Ziguang who jumped out halfway, so there were some things that he didn't have time to explain, that is: Shanting
The subordinates of General Mao Shen in the town are our own people and cannot be killed.
The commander of the pacesetter battalion who led the team could not figure out these things. In his eyes, the Yin'an Hall was filled with Xuzhou troops who deserved to be killed, so he first killed a small officer from Shanting Town who tried to sneak out of the hall.
The bandits were offended. Cui Chengxiu was nowhere to be found. Apart from Wu Sangui, they were the only ones who could move in the hall, so the two immediately started fighting.
What is Cui Shangshu doing? Even if you kill Yuan Chonghuan, why don't you let me, Mao Wenlong, go? He must be interested in my thousand cavalry. He wants to kill me and annex my subordinates, but there is no way!
"Children, kill me and make a bloody road back to the mountain pavilion!" Mao Wenlong roared.
The bandits in Shanting Town were quite skilled in martial arts, at least much better than Cui Chengxiu's group of pacesetters. They guarded the palace gate and hacked and killed them. Although the pacesetters were outnumbered, they were unable to rush in for a while.